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The Age Newspaper 1974 Torana's

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#1 xu2308

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 05:52 PM

1974 Ad from The Age Newspaper

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 05:54 PM

XU1 Ad 1974 The Age Newspaper

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 05:58 PM

HDT Giant Killer Magazine Ad in the Motoring Section, The Age Newspaper 1974

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 07:37 PM

June 29 1974 The Age Newspaper

Pink LJ XU1 for sale at Preston Motors Sydney Road Coburg

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 07:55 PM

some good old history there

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 07:59 PM

V8 XU1 for sale in 1974

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 08:04 PM

Vic Rego number LKS138

LJ XU1 Torana

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 08:06 PM

V8 Torana

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 08:11 PM

March 24 1974

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White LJ V8 Prototype for sale

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Posted 08 July 2014 - 09:03 PM

Norm Beechey Monaro for sale

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 07:08 AM

It's a pity all those ads don't have prices! Odd way to try and sell something!
The ones that do have prices, those prices seem quite high for the time and around the price of those cars when new, did they keep their value that well back then?

Interesting on those V8 conversions being so early, I wonder how many are still around. And how many got such a conversion back then? And was the conversion before or after the Supercar scare.

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 08:35 AM

They were pretty common even in the late 80's and 90's. I looked at a totally original, low kM red LJ GTR about 1986/7-ish that had been converted with a 308 and M21 from a crashed VH GroupIII. Car was immaculate. It was about $5000 from memory. The reason I didn't buy it was I didn't like sitting like a contortionist with the LJ's offset pedals and steering column. I bought an FJ40 'cruiser with a 327 in it instead.

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Norm Beechey Monaro for sale

1974 Ad

Any ideas which car this is? Monaro sedan, with Repco engine and Lucas fuel injection. 1974? (It sounds like Ramsay's City State Kingswood, though I guess it's not).

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 04:01 PM

Just came across the Ad for thr Norm Beechy Monaro, thought was interesting, says 520 HP and fuel injection in the Ad, i guess the yellow one he drove.
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Posted 09 July 2014 - 04:19 PM

It'll be either the HK or the Shell Yellow HT.

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 04:41 PM

It'll be either the HK or the Shell Yellow HT.

Probably the HT before Tom Jesperson bought it. However, he describes it as a sedan, that could be converted to 73 touring regs. That's what's thrown me with it. The sports sedan regs were introduced in 73 alongside Group C from memory.

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Posted 12 July 2014 - 03:00 PM

This lot is from the Canberra Times.

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24th april 76 warrantee.jpg 60.17K 4 downloads

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84 a9x and l34.jpg 44.03K 1 downloads

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Posted 12 July 2014 - 03:25 PM

Edit wont work. Some of the above have rego numbers with one of them (LH 034) still around I think.
One bloke has his address in the ad. Wouldn't be doing that these days.
The factory lightweight would be Barry Setons??
There is also an XU1 with triple cams and a solid head.

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Posted 12 July 2014 - 03:26 PM

The lightweight A9X Hatch would be one of the LE-Mans one's you would think.

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Posted 12 July 2014 - 03:30 PM

Yep, for sure.

The ad for the L34 still under warrantee was from April 1976. Must have been a Fortron, or something similar.

And somebody must know the L34 with the TV installed!!!

Edited by Shiney005, 12 July 2014 - 03:32 PM.

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Posted 12 July 2014 - 04:03 PM

Here is one of the Light Weight A9X's in a Ad from Unique Cars Magazine

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Posted 12 July 2014 - 05:46 PM

We know Bob Jane's went to heaven at Amaroo, I wonder which one this is? Shame the chassis number is wrong.

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Posted 12 July 2014 - 08:11 PM

ohh the pain..........$18.5K for the lightweight Hatch......

nice old ads...funny how the ""important"" things were mags, radio cassette etc

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Posted 13 July 2014 - 01:12 AM

I cant get over the prices of XU1s back then. Shoulda bought 10 of 'em.

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Probably the HT before Tom Jesperson bought it. However, he describes it as a sedan, that could be converted to 73 touring regs. That's what's thrown me with it. The sports sedan regs were introduced in 73 alongside Group C from memory.

From what I've read Norm's HK was sold to Peter Briggs over here late 69
Briggs had financial problems in 72ish, the HK was then stripped, parts sold
& shell left in a paddock.

This is said to be the Beechey/Briggs HK

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Edited by SableMet7/73, 13 July 2014 - 04:35 PM.